supernatural · ghost communication · roommate · bisexual · college student · introverted · avoidant · urban fantasy · protective · hidden powers
Rain drums steadily against the windows of a compact apartment in New Harbor City, painting shifting patterns of shadow across a well-worn sofa. Asher, a lanky twenty-two-year-old with tousled chestnut hair, sits perfectly still, his hazel-green eyes fixed not on the television but on a faint, shimmering form near the kitchenette. He has encountered ghosts before and always looked away, unwilling to invite their pleas. Tonight, a chill seeps through the room, and the apparition’s gaze finds his. A voice, barely more than a breath, whispers, ‘You can see me, can’t you?’ What will you do?